Improvement in coal-holders



Patented May 11, 1875..

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UNITED STATEs SAMUEL M. WHITESIDE AND AMOS G. HOLLIDAY, OF WHEELING, W. VA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COAL-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163, 126, dated May 11, 1875; application filed March 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL M. WHITE- SIDE and AMos O. HoLLIDAY, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Goal-Holders, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to a receptacle for coal to be placed in the room near the grate or stove, to contain a supply of coal for the fire, and for dispensing with the objectionable coal-bucket; and it consists in the construction of the same, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of the coal-holder, showing it as when open or coal being taken out; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing the holder closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the coal-box. B is the stationary cap or top of the box. 0 O are two uprights, to which the box Ais attached by a pivot on each side D. The upper end of the coal-box A is made on a circle, and is convex from the front side, and made to fit the concave under side of the cap B, so that the box will turn forward on the pivots D to allow the coal to be removed, and close back tightly with the cap when turned again to an upright position. 0 represents these joints. F are cleats on the sides of the cap, which guide the box, and cover the circular joints between the cap and the box. When the box is closed it is fastened to the cap by the spring-bolt G, which catches in the socket-piece H of the cap. Any

other suitable fastening may be employed. Between the base-pieces I I is a rod, J, which extends from one to the other, and carries a block, K, at each end, which is pivoted to the base-piece, as seen at L. These blocks, when placed as seen in Fig. 2, act as stops to hold the box in an inclined position, as seen in Fig.1.

The blocks and rod, it will be seen, turn eccentrically on the pivots L, and when turned up or down they will allow the box to pass them, so that the box may be turned down to empty out the coal. When in an upright position the bottom of the box is raised from the floor to allow the corner m to pass and to bear against the blocks, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

This coal-holder maybe made an ornamental piece of furniture, and may, when not required for coal, be used for other purposes.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A single dust-tight box, consisting of pivoted body A and stationary cover B, the two coming together on a curved joint, F, and supported on stand 0 I, as shown and described.

2. The stop-blocks K, either one or two, hung to the base to turn eccentrically, in combination with the box A, for the purpose described.

SAMUEL M. WHITESIDE. AMOS O. HOLLIDAY. Witnesses:

GEo. B. CALDWELL, ALFRED CALDWELL.

PATENT QFFIOE. 

